Comments on: Why disaster prevention measures in Japan scare me

By: ROK Drop Weekly Linklets - 09NOV08

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets - 09NOV08 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:49:47 +0000

[...] Leave it to the Japanese to plan for every disaster contingency possible. [...]

By: Aceface

Aceface — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:18:01 +0000

The above video is the annual rescue drill at Ueno Zoo.I spotted two people I know.The drill is mostly focused on how to keep the audience away from the animal,and prevent them escape from the estate so that the keepers can encircle the animal in certain sector of the zoo.
Most of the big mammal exhibit are made of concretes and iron,plus earth quake proof.What keepers are worried about is smaller mammals in the gages like wallabies and macaques
I can’t recall when they started to use constume in the drill,but they’ve found out that TV crews love the constumed gorillas and lions gang-bashed by the keepers.

By: Chirol

Chirol — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:15:29 +0000

That is incredibly, incredibly disturbing. As someone who’s never visited Japan and knows little about them, I can safely say this is why people think the Japanese are so f**ked up =)

By: ElamBend

ElamBend — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:16:16 +0000

Actually, the way Rhino vision works, it doesn’t take much fro them to perceive a solid place. For instance, if I held up a sheet, a rhino would perceive it as a wall. I think that is the purpose of the nets, not to contain through physical restrain, but by tricking the rhino.

As for the rhino suit, it reminds me of Ace Ventura 2 (although, I am in no way acknowledging that I have watched that movie).

By: mihnea

mihnea — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:58:30 +0000

amusing that they consider those nets useful for a 2 ton animal :))